You know, if I blogged every day like I’m supposed to, it’d be easier to keep track of the days! Crazy concept, I know.
I just can’t even handle blogging right now…too much going on, and not enough brain left over to write about it. All I can say is UGH!
Hopefully I’ll be back soon.
Even though I had full intentions of blogging even if I had no time and/or nothing to say, I guess I didn’t take into account starting a new job and trying to buy a house. Boy this week has been exhausting! It’s a good exhausting though. I really like my new job, and I don’t even mind getting up bright and early, and buying a house will be the coolest thing ever, so I can’t really hate that process either. But it’s all made for a very exhausted Arlene that doesn’t want to blog, or talk, or much of anything else! Seriously, my family ate some form of potatoes and eggs 3 out of 5 nights this week because it was filling and easy!
And honestly, tonight I spent 3 hours driving in traffic after work for a trip that should have taken 1 hour…so, let’s hope for a better blog post tomorrow, k!
I leave you with a picture of a Hyundai Accent truck I saw while driving the other day…very inventive!!
Are we surprised that this is my 2011 horoscope:
Get ready to rock it in 2011, Scorpio! You’ve got so much going for you in nearly every life arena you won’t know where to focus first. For starters, you’ll have more work opportunities than you’ll know what to do with. In fact, with so many alluring offers crossing your desk, the whole picking and choosing fiasco could easily lead to typical Scorpio overkill. Extreme by nature, the idea of having too much to handle sounds like a total joyride until the reality of having zero time for anything (like eating and sleeping) kicks into your stubborn consciousness.
You thrive under intensity, so that aspect of your ridiculously busy life won’t be a problem. It’s just that Saturn bearing down in your sector of sleep, dreams and retreat will feel like an ongoing thorn in your side should you neglect taking enough time out for yourself to re-balance and shut out the demands of the big bad world.
Balance is never easy for a Scorpio. You’re like a moth to a flame when it comes to amping up the drama in your life. By the time your half-birthday arrives in May, you’ll be under the extreme influence of six planets lining up in your work sector in the Cardinal sign of new beginnings: Aries. And yes, that could literally mean you’ll be working on at least six different projects simultaneously. Just watch that your health doesn’t suffer as a result. Double up on the supplements and be sure to get enough rest to see you through this exciting but demanding time.
If you know me at all, this is all situation normal! Ok, maybe we’ll make it not so normal for 2011! Big changes are coming for this year. Not eating strictly fruits and veggies every day kinda changes, but keeping on track kinda changes. I want to talk to my friends and family more that I don’t get to see, and I want to see my friends and family more that live near me! This is also the year of kicking ass in my new job, figuring out what I’m doing with school, blogging daily, smiling constantly (wrinkles be damned!) and getting my curves to where I love them as much as they love me!
So yeah, 2011 is shaping up to be busy, but busy in a love and fun filled way, and that, I can totally handle!
I leave you with this video from our fabulous NYE…getting our Michael on!
Starting January 1st, I will be blogging every single day, even if it’s only to say “I have nothing to say today.”
There are a number of things that stop me from blogging, and I’m throwing them all out the window!
Till then…
Blog more that is. It just seems that my life is boring, monotonous, and hectic all at the same time. If I blogged daily, it would look something like this:
Today I took Ty to school, cooked Mom breakfast, did homework, cooked Mom lunch, cleaned, picked up Ty, did homework with him, cooked dinner, went to school, went to bed, and did it all again.
Boring right? I mean, don’t get me wrong, sometimes we mix it up with an ER visit, a dog with a quickly swelling face vet visit, or I volunteer at Ty’s school, but that’s really the extent of life these days. I need something really exciting to happen, like my other headlight to burn out on my car while I’m driving home from school at 10 at night! Now that would be blog-worthy! We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
In the mean time, I leave you with some friendly advice:
And finally, a picture:
Ariel and I at the Alzheimer’s Walk last weekend. We had a record of over 2500 walkers, and we raised almost $260,000! We’re so proud to have been a part of that, and can’t wait to do it again next year!!!
I have a new goal…to write on this blog every day! I was so excited to start it, and I actually think about it a lot, but then somewhere between thinking about writing, and actually writing, I lose my steam. It may have something to do with the Sims 3…or it could be that pesky job I just got laid off from. Well, I think I can stand to lose a few Sim minutes, and the job obviously isn’t a problem anymore 
An old friend emailed me out of the blue the other day, and it was such a welcome surprise! There is a block of years where nearly all of my memories include her, and let me tell ya, we have some memories! Things I’m not even willing to put on my blog. Let’s just say we had FUN, and we didn’t let things like laws get in the way Anyways, I was pretty much a jerk and dropped her like a bad habit because I was too broken to see how great she was, so I feel ridiculously happy that she wants to talk to me again! I’m know we can’t pick up where we left off, but I’d love to see our friendship blossom again. The only hitch in that plan: she’s moving to Hawai’i with her almost husband next year :-/ So, I need to work quickly and efficiently, ’cause I can already tell it’d suck to lose her again!
We only have 2 more games in our baseball season. I felt so overwhelmed and scared at the beginning of the season, and now I’m a bit sad it’s ending. I remember thinking the night before our first practice that I truly had no idea what I was doing and I was going to not only suck, but make every kid and parent on the team hate me. I wasn’t that far off that first practice and game, but I did a LOT of reading before my 2nd practice, and I think it all came together quite nicely. We’re not the best team on the roster, but we definitely play the game, and I can see how far my kids have come. It’s a huge accomplishment really, and I think I’ll coach again next year.
Winnie is growing like a weed! I don’t really notice it until I see pictures of her, and then, oh my gosh, she looks huge now! She’s ridiculously sweet, and sleeps all night now, which is fabulous, ’cause I really couldn’t hang with the 4am wake ups, and I’m pretty sure she sensed that when I growled at her! I seriously need to start working on training with her, but haven’t brought myself to do that yet…I think I’m being lazy about it, but I’m not going to admit that out loud
Well, I think that’s all I have for now…more tomorrow!!
What a busy life this has been lately! Let’s go through the list together, shall we:
I started coaching the boy’s baseball team!
We added a puppy to our family, Miss Winnie
Oh, and we’ve also been finding time for some home improvement projects, ’cause the house still needs work, and this is a shelf that we bought at Ikea on clearance for $20, and then spent $3 on stain for it, and the girl and I stained it. I think it turned out amazing, and she loves it!
So all of this hasn’t left me a lot of time to do other things I love, like garden and blog, but I’m trying to fit everything in as best I can. Hopefully Miss Winnie will become a little less maintenance here real soon too!
Wow I really do suck don’t I?! I don’t really have an excuse, other than life, and my own neurosis at wondering how much of my life to put on here, etc etc.
So let’s start at life! I was going to do this great post on Alzheimer’s, but I just can’t bring myself to finish it. I started it, and for various reasons, it hurt, so I stopped. It’s there, waiting patiently. You see, my very best friends’ mom has Alzheimer’s…has for a few years now, but he told me that she was having a hard time remembering him sometimes, and it just breaks my heart! I’ve been there, and I don’t wish it on ANYONE, but certainly not him! He’s a good man, with a heart of gold, and he’s holding too much of his pain inside…I worry about him, and I can’t fix it. If you know me, you know those are hard things for me! So, I do what I can. I send him random messages, visit as often as I can, and I’m always there, ready to listen if he needs to talk. Unfortunately, there are no happy endings here, and that’s another horrible part of Alzheimer’s.
So if you read my previous post, you know, or guessed, that my laptop died. I got it up and running, and it seems to be happy as a clam. I only had to reinstall Windows twice. Thanks Microsoft :-/ I’m still getting programs reinstalled, either by memory, or as I realize I need to use them and they’re not there. It’s not a horrible process, but I’ll be glad when it’s over!
This is a busy weekend! Ariel and I are doing Relay for Life tomorrow(You can read about it here)! We also get our new puppy tomorrow! Yay, lots of exciting things this weekend As of right now though, Ty is sick, so I’m hoping for a speedy recovery so he can enjoy this weekend with us!!
I’ve been working out like a mad woman, and eating right. When I’m not working out at the gym, I’m working in the yard, planting flowers, digging the yard up to make flower beds. It’s turning out great BTW, and I’ll post some pics as soon as I get a chance to get on the computer for more than a minute! So, with all my hard work, I’m down 3.5lbs this week! WootWoot! I’m working on getting a picture of me when I was thin and hot, and I’m going to blow it up and hang it in the bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen, so I have all kinds of motivation 
I also have a great support system of friends that are calling and messaging me every day to make sure I’m staying on track. It’s a fun experience!
Alright, better get back to it…Happy Friday!!
I know I’ve been slightly MIA lately…I struggle with what I want to blog about, which is funny for me. When I first started blogging, back in 2003 or 2004-ish, I blogged about any and everything. Anyone who read my blog knew at any given moment what was going on in my life. Not as fun as it could be if you were dating me.
In my wise old age, I’ve learned a few things, and one of those things is that the whole world doesn’t need to know my business. And here is where the struggle enters, because this is my space to write and say whatever I want. See the problem?
So bear with me while I try to find a happy medium. In the mean time, and because I need to get ready for work, I leave you with our new puppy Winnie. She’s pretty much the cutest thing ever, and I can’t wait to get her home on June 11!!
Winnie and Sister (Winnie is the small one)
One of the my most favorite things about blogging is that I can just clear out my brain, and no one can say anything That’s the kind of post you get today!
So the house is coming along, slowly but surely. It’s impressive how much money I’ve spent at Ikea and Wal-Mart. Seriously. I could have fed a small country for a month, and we still don’t even have curtains on our living room windows! Husband loves that by the way, that the neighbors and anyone walking by can see the 55″ TV, the laptop, hard drive and printer, and pretty much everything else all day long while we’re at work. Honestly, I’m trying, but buying curtains is hard, and something I’ve never done before, I’ve always had mini blinds.
I’ve been to the store every night after work and even a couple of times at lunch, and I’m convinced that finding the right living room curtains is harder than finding the quiet spot in my mind so I can meditate!
But tonight is the night. If I don’t pick out some curtains, husband is going to hang blankets, and I’m sorry, that’s just not how I roll! I may have some Okie and Redneck in me, but I’m not hanging blankets over my living room windows thankyouverymuch. I guess I should just be happy he doesn’t want to cover them in Duct Tape!
In the whole moving process, I boxed up all of the shoes I can’t wear anymore because of my ankle/foot. Now, when I moved to Oregon, I got rid of 23 pairs of shoes. How the hell do I still have an entire UHaul box full of shoes???? I mean, there’s got to be about 30 pairs in there, and I can’t wear any of them!
My first instinct was to throw them out because seeing them depresses me, but I knew I couldn’t afford for the shoe God’s to be that angry with me, so I’m going to donate them to my Mom’s church. Hopefully they find some feet that aren’t broken and will love them the way they should be loved!
Have you ever watched a crack spread across your windshield? I never had…until this morning. I started my car and noticed a crack on the lower passenger side of my windshield, and went back inside to tell husband. By the time I got back outside it seemed like it was taller, but I figured I was losing my mind (not far to go!). Well before I hit the freeway, I was actually watching it spread! By the time I got to work, it had spread all the way across to the drivers side and started traveling up. Guess Sasha’s gettin’ a new windshield Not a horrible thing since it’s so pock-marked it makes a 15 yr old boys face look clear!
Um, I think that’s all I have right now…happy Fool You day!
